A blog about Northeast energy issues, and in support of nuclear power.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Three Pro-Nuclear Events: Hearing, Marches and Rallies in Tennessee, Canada and Japan

The World Tour

Okay, I'm your friendly neighborhood pro-nuclear blogger, and this time I'm not writing about Vermont. Here we go on a world pro-nuclear tour! There were three pro-nuclear events, none in Vermont, and they don't get much attention in most of the media.

ANS members and ANS student members testified at a hearing about MOX fuel in Tennessee. The Tennessee valley hearings are noted for anti-nuclear "zombies." These are people wearing torn clothes and fake blood, and they come to hearings and make about as much sense as real zombies would make...if there were real zombies.

At this hearing, ANS members were informed, articulate and visible. Many wore blue ANS t-shirts, visible in the picture at the left. At the hearing, nuclear and anti-nuclear people spoke politely, and some even chatted and exchanged information after the meeting.

Oh yes, I suspect the zombies might have heard that the ANS members would be at the meeting, because....no zombies appeared.

Gentilly 2 Pro-Nuclear March in Quebec

Hydro-Quebec owns the Gentilly-2 nuclear plant, and Hydro-Quebec recently decided to shut the plant down. The people in the area did not take this quietly. This Sunday they marched in favor of keeping the power plant open. You can see pictures of the march on this pro-Gentilly FB page, which has over 1000 "likes":

Well, this is NEVER going to get into the main media, I suspect. But here's a 1000-person pro-nuclear rally in Japan, in front of the Prime Ministers house! It's only reported in somethng called The Liberty Web, but it happened all the same.

1000 people gather for a pro-nuclear power demonstration on Sept 25. One of the spokesmen presented a statement to the cabinet, including these words: “We have heard from the factory mangers that they have had to fire part-time workers, because the company took measures to save electricity. However, the victims of this policy could not speak up on account of the flooded denuclearization media coverage."

Not a demonstration, but a Japanese professor is battling the flood of mis-information in a letter and blog post. You can read Jun Takeda's post here. Here's a quote: Based on radioactivity dosage, the risk of Fukushima residents developing thyroid cancer is less than one person per 10 million per year. Since the population of Fukushima Prefecture is two million, thyroid cancer will not result from these low doses. Truly, people with only amateur knowledge of radioactivity need to stop paralyzing the citizens of Fukushima and the entire country with fear.All Over the World

All over the world, people are standing up in public and supporting nuclear power.